Attachment for talking-machines.



H. F. WITTIG, ATTACHMENT FOR TALKING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.15, 1908 910,103. Patented Jan. 19, 1909.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. WITTIG, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR 130 JOHNSOHELLENBERGER, or

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

ATTACBIENT FOB TALKING-HAGBINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented Ian. 19, 1909.

To; all whom it may concern:

l;3e it known that I, HENRY F. Wrrrrs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Maryland, have. invented new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Talkin -Mach nes, of which the following is a speclCtttIOIl.

This invention relates to attachments for talking machines, especiallyof that type employing disk records.

The invention has for one of its objects to provide an attachment'in thenature of a receiver into which the wornand worthless needles can bedropped from time to time.

A further object of the invention isthe provision of a receptaclemounted on an arm thatis attached to the stand or cabinet of the talkingmachine in such position that the sounding box carrying arm can be swungoutwardly over the receptacle so that the needles when loosened can dropinto the receptacle and thus prevent them from falling about on thefloor.

With these objects in view and others, as

will appear as the description proceeds, the

invention comprises the various novel features of construction andarrangement of parts which will be more fully described hereinafter andset forth with particularity in the claims appended hereto.-

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates' one of the embodimentsof the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of atalking machinewith the attachment applied thereto and the sounding box carrying arm inosition to drop the needle into t e attac ment. Fig. 2 1s a perspectiveview of a modified form of attachment. Fig. 3 is a further modifiedform.

Similar-reference characters are employed to designate correspondingparts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates. a talking machine of anyapproved type, and B, the attachment for receiving the e ected needlesfrom the machine. The attachment is mounted on the casin or cabinet 1 insuch a position that the nee le 2 of the sounding arm 4, can be 5 of theatta chment. I The attachment consists of an arm 6 pivoted at 7 on thetop of the casing 1 and carr ing at its outer extremity the rece tacle5. 'lhc. arm terminates in a ring 7 in w ich the receptacle is held,there being an annular flange 8 forming a rim which engages the ring 7and, prevents the. receptacle from dropping through the latter, and inthis manner, the receptacle is removably suportedso that it can be takenout when it IS esired toempty the same. Normally, the arm 6 is swuninwardly so that the re Q tacle will be ispgsed closely adjacent casing1, so as to out of the way.

Instead of Figs. 2 and 3 so'as to have a sliding movement. In thesefigures the arm 6? is rovided with a longitudinal slot 9 an is' mountedeither on the top or side of the casing 1. When mounted on the to theform shown in Fig. 2 is employed an it is clamped in position by apasses through the slot 9 t e casing 1'. Ooiiperating for I 11 astenedtoithe casing as mally, the arm is. push inwardly as far as it will go,and when it is desired'to' ad- 'ust thearm in a positionto permitthereand screws into. with thescrew \or s are made, the arm is drawnoutwardly so that the rece tacle will lie directly'in the arc in which te sounding box 3 on the swinging arm 4 moves. In Fig. 3, the arm 6 isgiven a quarter turn at 12, so that the ring 7 will be disposedhorizontally and the slotted ortion or shank of the'arm, vertically orapplying .to the side of the cas In practice, the swinging arm 4 isnormally disposed over the record disk C of the machine and the needlereceivin attachment is adjusted inwardly so as to o out of the way. Whenreproducing from a number of records, it is the usual practice to employfresh needles for each record and to receive the discarded needles, thearm of the attachment is adjusted so that the receptacle will occupy .aposition directly .under" the needle 2 when the arm 4 is swun outwardlybeyond the casing 1. The nee e can then be'unfastened and dro ped intothe receptacle as a new needle is inserted. In this way, the needleswill be convenientl collected and will not have to be dropp int.- thehand or on the floor.

. From the foregping description, taken it connection with t eaccompanying drawing,

having the arm pivotally. mounted,it may be constructed as shown in.

l cefitacle to receive the needles, as whenjrecset screw; 10 that idmgthe movement is a headed stud shown. Northe invention appertains,

' invention, together the advantages the method of operation will bereadily apparent to those skilled in the art to which and while I haveof the construction and ofv described the principle of operationof thewith the device which be the best embodiment thereof, I desire'to haveit understood that the device shown is merely illustrative; and

that such changes may be made when de- 1 now consider to sired as arewithin the scope of the claims.

-Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination of a phonograph includinga' supporting structure,-anda swinging needle carrying-element, with aneedle receptacle, andmeansfor adjustably mounting-the receptacle on the structure forpositioning the receptacle in the line of movement of the needle. on theelement, said means being arranged to. beretracted close to thestructure when the receptacle is not in use.

. 2. A needle-receiving attachment for talking machines comprising astrip of metal having a twist intermediate its ends formed into a ringat onmside of the twist and provided with'a longitudinal slot at theoppo-- site side of the twist, and a receptacle removably supported inthe ring, in combina- -t'ion with separate fastenings for adjustablysecuring thestrip' in place.

In testimony whereof I atfix my signature in presence oftwo witnesses.

HENRY F. WITTIG. Witnesses: AUGUSTUS W. BBAuroRD,

' ERNEST T. MCELROY.

